WEMCo - Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

WEMCo built 29 diesel-electric locomotives from 1928 to 1937.
Of these 18 had Baldwin built carbodies. Locomotives with Baldwin
carbodies carried a round Baldwin-Westinghouse builder's plate with a
Baldwin construction number (c/n).

Plate 61264
photo by: Gary W. Sonner
ARMCO B-73, see below


Photos

Multi-Unit Boxcab

Multi-Unit Boxcab
Baldwin photo #10038 - 1927
- BDZ collection
LIRR 403

Multi-Unit Boxcab
BLW c/n 60185 & 60186, completed 1/1928

- built as LIRR 403A & B
- retired 1945
  • Excellent coverage of LIRR 403 can be found at: Arrts Arrchives


    Single-Unit Boxcab

    - Westinghouse #7 and Western Electric #1 were built at the same time to compare the cost
    of building the carbody in house to the cost of outsourcing it, in this case, to Baldwin. [26]

    Westinghouse #7
    Baldwin advertisment
    - BDZ collection
    Westinghouse #7

    Westinghouse #7

    - carbody built in house by Westinghouse



    Westinghouse Boxcab
    Baldwin advertisment
    - BDZ collection
    Western Electric #1

    Western Electric #1

    - photo shows round builder's plate. Western Electric #1
    was similar to Westinghouse #7 (above) but had a Baldwin
    built carbody. See roster below for details.


    ARMCO B-70
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    ARMCO B-70

    Single-Unit Boxcab
    BLW c/n 60759, completed 8/1929

    - built for the Butler Works of ARMCO Steel
    - when the carbody was delivered from Baldwin it was lettered as "B.L.W. 2"
    - repowered by ARMCO with a Hamilton engine
    - donated to the Southeastern Railway Museum, 1963
    ARMCO BLW 2
    Baldwin Builder's Card
    - collection of Bobb Losse
    ARMCO BLW 2


    Visibility Cabs

    Westinghouse Visibility Cab
    Baldwin advertisment
    - BDZ collection

    - 9 single-ended visibility cab carbodies were built by Baldwin


    - 2 double-ended visibility cab carbodies were built by Baldwin

    Hood-Type Center-Cab

    cgw2
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Chicago Great Western   2

    Hood-Type Center-Cab
    BLW c/n 61757, completed 6/1934

    - built as WEMCo demonstrator #13
    - to CGW as #2
    - scrapped 1966




    Roster: WEMCo units with carbodies built by Baldwin

    indicates existing unit

    Multi-Unit Boxcab
    built for / as WEMCo
    date completed
    BLW
    construction
    number
    BLW
    carbody
    builders date
    history / disposition photo above
    LIRR 403A 1/1928 60185 9/1927 retired 1945
    LIRR 403B 1/1928 60186 9/1927 retired 1945


    Single-Unit Boxcab
    built for / as WEMCo
    date completed
    BLW
    construction
    number
    BLW
    carbody
    builders date
    history / disposition photo above
    Western Electric #1 2/1929 60676 11/1928 scrapped 1955
    ARMCO B-70 * 8/1929 60759 4/1929 Southeastern Railway Museum
    * when the carbody was delivered from Baldwin it was lettered as "B.L.W. 2", see photo above


    Single-Ended Visibility Cab
    built for / as WEMCo
    date completed
    BLW
    construction
    number
    BLW
    carbody
    builders date
    history / disposition photo above
    WEMCo demo 21 5/1930 61262 3/1930 Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works #9
    Deitch Co. #9, scrapped 1969
    WEMCo demo 22 * 12/1930 61263 3/1930 Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works #8
    Deitch Co. #8
    American Steel & Wire #1 7/1930 61264 3/1930 ARMCO B-73
    PA Trolley Museum
    Great Lakes Steel 1 9/1930 61361 5/1930 scrapped 1955
    Great Lakes Steel 2 9/1930 61396 6/1930 scrapped 1955
    ARMCO B-71 11/1930 61401 6/1930 Illinois Railway Museum, 2016
    Great Lakes Steel 3 1/1937 61983 8/1936 Detroit Marine #9
    sold to scrapyard 1968
    Great Lakes Steel 4 1/1937 61984 8/1936 Detroit Marine #4
    scrapped 1963
    Great Lakes Steel 5 1/1937 61985 8/1936 scrapped 1956
    * ordered as WEMCo demo 22, construction delayed, when completed became Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works #8


    Double-Ended Visibility Cab
    built for / as WEMCo
    date completed
    BLW
    construction
    number
    BLW
    carbody
    builders date
    history / disposition photo above
    WEMCo demo 23 * 5/1930 61261 3/1930 Northhampton & Bath 801
    sold for scrap 1955
    WEMCo demo 12 11/1933 61750 9/1933 Northhampton & Bath 802
    sold for scrap 1955
    * when the carbody was delivered from Baldwin it was lettered as "B.L.W. 1", see photo above


    Hood-Type Center-Cab
    built for / as WEMCo
    date completed
    BLW
    construction
    number
    BLW
    carbody
    builders date
    history / disposition photo above
    Illinois Steel #50 2/1931 61600 12/1930 scrapped 1961
    Cheswick & Harmar #5 (1st) 3/1933 61742 1/1933 stripped for parts for #5 (2nd)
    sold for scrap 1955
    WEMCo demo 13 6/1934 61757 1/1934 CGW #2, scrapped 1966


    data sources:

  • A complete roster of WEMCo production, by David H. Hamley, can be found in Trains Magazine, Dec. 1969, Vol. 30, No. 2
    see Bibliography reference [26]

  • John F. Kirkland's book, "Dawn of the Diesel Age" , see Bibliography reference [25]


    The copyrights for all photos are assumed to rest with the photographers.


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